Combined cigarette extinguisher, ash tray, and paperweight



June 17, 1952 .W, M, LEM; 2,600,785

COMBINED CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER, ASH TRAY, AND PAPERWEIGHT Filed Sept. 4, 1946 William. M. Lewis mjz fi F'atented June 17, 1952 U N'ITTED' S TAIT ES g f.IGOMBINEI) CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER,

' ASH TRAY, AND PAPERWEIGHT illiam:.Moury Lewis, Brownfield, Tex.

Application September 4, 1946, Serial No. 694,742

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to smokers appliances and more particularly a combined extinguisher, ash tray and paperweight.

One of the objects of this invention resides in the provision of a combined cigarette extinguisher, ash tray and paperweight with which the lighted ends of cigarettes can be extinguished by thrusting them backward and forth with a twisting motion of the hand against certain portions thereof disposed over the ash receiving chamber of the same.

Another object of this invention resides in the particular construction of the cigarette extinguisher. I

A further object of this invention resides in the particular construction and arrangement of the arms of the spider shaped cigarette extinguisher.

A still further object of this invention resides in the particular construction of the ash tray.

One of the salient features of this invention resides in the particular manner of disposing the cigarette extinguisher on the ash tray.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of elements to be hereinafter more particularly set forth in the specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claim and, although this disclosure depicts my present conception of the invention, the right is reserved to resort to such changes in construction and arrangement of elements as come within the spirit of the invention.

Inthe accompanying drawing forming a part of this application;

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the combined cigarette extinguisher, ash tray and paperweight.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof taken approximately on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

In the present illustration of this invention the numeral 5 designates, in general, a combined cigarette extinguisher, ash tray and paperweight which is preferably but not necessarily formed of glass into a bowl 6 of greater diameter at its lower end than at its upper end and having an outer inwardly inclined peripheral wall surface 5' and an inner wall surface 1 of outwardly arcuate configuration at its lower portion with its upper edge 8 merging into an outwardly flared portion 9.

Formed on the bevelled wall 9 is a spider shaped cigarette extinguisher 10 consisting of radially disposed arms H of substantially elliptical shape in cross section having arcuate upper and lower edges l3 and I4 diverging from each other in a direction toward the center of the tray. The arms II meet at the center of the bowl 6 and form a spear shape prong [5 against which the lighted ends of cigarettes are thrust backward and forth with a twisted motion to sever the lighted tobacco and break it into small particles for descending into the bowl and yet leaving the remaining portion of the cigarette held between the thumb and forefinger in unlighted and safe condition for resting on the arms or depositing in the bowl. The sides of the arms I l terminate outwardly from a line running perpendicularly through the center of the prong l5 to form ash passages I6 at the center of the bowl inwardly of shoulders S formed on the inner ends of said arms and, through the provision of the sharpened lower edges of the arms and aforesaid passages, ashes and the like can be readily dumped from the bowl through the spaces between the arms. The arcuate upper edges of the arms are so formed as to dispose their lowest points I! directly over the bowl for retaining lighted cigarettes thereon so the ashes therefrom will fall between the radially disposed arms H into the bowl. Said passages [6 increase in cross-sectional area from a medial point therein towards their upper and lower ends.

The bowl is of such configuration that its greatest weight is disposed at the bottom portion thereof to retain it in stationary position while extinguishing cigarettes as heretofore mentioned and also to prevent it from tipping over when used as a paperweight or for other similar purposes.

With this invention fully set forth, it is manifest that a smokers appliance is produced which will fully and efficiently perform the functions of its adoption and, through the instrumentality of the particularly constructed cigarette extine guisher, the lighted ends of cigarettes are destroyed in such small particles that the burning tobacco thereof will quickly go out and leave the remaining portion of the same in practically undamaged condition for future smoking should the smoker so desire.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

An article of manufacture in the form of a glass ash tray of greater diameter at its lower end than at its upper end and having an outer inwardly inclined peripheral wall surface, and

an inner wall surface, the upper portion of the inner wall surface being flared outwardly and the lower portion of the inner wall surface being outwardly arcuately formed and merging at its said upper portion and merging into each other 5 at their inner ends at the center of said ash tray, the upper and lower edges of said arms being curved in opposite directions, the sides of said arms at points spaced from their inner ends being inwardly shouldered to form passages between adjacent arms as their inner ends and each of said passages increasing in cross-sectional area from a medial point therein towards its upper and lower ends.

WILLIAM MOURY LEWIS.

4 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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